Madeira Island, Portugal . File photoMOSCOW, May 8The Portuguese government has decided to send Ukraine 15 M113A armored personnel carriers purchased from the United States, as well as five towed howitzers, Nascer do SOL reports, citing a source in the country's Ministry of Defense.»Nascer do SOL learned from a source in the Ministry of Defense that the Portuguese government… will send to Ukraine… 15 American-made M113 tracked armored personnel carriers, which have been in service with the national army for almost 30 years and whose transfer has been pressured by Washington in recent weeks… The government will also send five 15.5-caliber towed howitzers, fifty radios and some other types of light weapons,» the publication reports. non grataThe Russian Foreign Ministry has previously stated that NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect.
